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Japan’s Sosei have announced today that they have acquired Heptares Therapeutics, a UK based biotechnology company, in a deal that could be worth up to $400 million.

Heptares Therapeutics specialises in creating medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Sosei have agreed to pay $180 million of that upfront to gain access to Heptares’ GPCRs, a group of 375 receptors which are linked to a wide range of diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, ADHD, diabetes, schizophrenia and migraines.

The Clinical Professionals Group yesterday held their first event this year to raise money for their 2015 corporate charity, The Silver Line.

Clinical Professionals is proud to announce that its team raised over £250 for The Silver Line from their themed Valentine’s Day event.

Employees paid £1 to come to work wearing red clothing, or a £2 penalty if they forgot! Cakes were baked by employees to be sold throughout the day. All team members of Clinical Professionals could also donate £5 to pop a “Love Balloon” which were filled with prizes donated by the company such as additional days holiday and cash prizes.

The Silver Line Charity offer information, friendship and advice to older people within the UK, helping combat the widespread issue of loneliness within the older generation. Many staff at Clinical Professionals in addition to fund raising events are also donating their time to be “friends of The Silver Line”.

The Clinical Professionals Group’s CEO, Yvette Cleland, commented:“Our choice of corporate charity is very important to us, there was a unanimous response to working with The Silver Line by our teams here at Clinical Professionals, which was amazing. We will be working hard this year to ensure we play a large role in raising funds for this amazing charity and Clinical Professionals will match the £250 raised by our staff contributing a total of £500.”

The Clinical Professionals Group is delighted to announce that it has selected The Silver Line as its corporate charity for 2015.

Clinical Professionals’ feels that any charity selected as a corporate partner must have the full support of the employees.

Clinical Professionals CEO Yvette Cleland presented the work of The Silver Line as a contender for our 2015 charity at our Xmas event and the response from all staff was overwhelming in support of raising funds for The Silver Line.

On Friday, the Clinical Professionals Group took part in Christmas Jumper Day, raising money for Save the Children.

Employees paid £1 to wear their Christmas jumper (or outfit) to work, with employees who forgot being fined £2. Employees also baked cakes to bring in and sell, raising more money for the charity.

2014 was the third Christmas Jumper Day, raising money for the charity, Save the Children.

Save the Children works across in 120 countries. The charity helps children who are in emergency situations, in poverty, missing out on school, suffering from hunger and health problems, or in danger of exploitation or neglect. The charity helped 15.4 million children through their work in 2013.

Clinical Professionals’ CEO, Yvette Cleland, commented:
“This Xmas Clinical Professionals has filled 60 toy boxes for under privileged children and to round our activities up we also decided to support the wonderful Save the Children Charity. The spirit and generosity of all of our team members has again been outstanding in supporting those less fortunate than us this Xmas.”